As the Knight resurrected, he struck down with all his might.
The guy resisted fiercely, trying his best to survive, resurrecting countless times.
Sometimes he pulled out a spear, and other times a sword, unleashing various cold weapons like a rain of despair.
Even when he swung a hammer, he couldn’t overcome the difference in power, and his continuous deaths were unavoidable.
By then, I had probably killed him about 47 times, and he muttered, “…You… are… prepared…”
“Huh?”
Before I knew it, the Knight was radiating power that reached ‘Upper’ levels.
Behind him, thousands of spears were moving.
[What the hell?!]
[Why isn’t he dying?]
[Seems like he’s lost it.]
[What kind of demon is this?]
[Lela the demon, LOL.]
[How many times is this now?]
[Wow.]
[At this rate, he’ll hit 100 deaths.]
[Is this some kind of whack-a-mole? LOL.]
[He’s getting stronger, isn’t he?]
[Can’t I kill him in one blow?]
[I’m scared, Lily.]
Clack!
With each step the Knight took, the holy power erupted, shaking the ground beneath me.
The balance of holy power suppressed all surrounding forces, and I had to face him with my strength weakened.
The relentless onslaught of the Knight’s spears surged forward.
Crackle!
As I approached through the barrage of countless spears, he collected the shattered remnants of holy power and transformed them into a powerful beam of light.
Zwaaaang…
“Ouch.”
The flash of light pierced through my left shoulder.
The balance of holy power that penetrated my body weakened my strength once again to maintain ‘balance’, but…
Creeeak!!
This time, I was faster.
I swiftly directed the holy power flowing within me to amplify my strength and speed in an instant.
It was a technique akin to a mini ‘Sacred Transformation,’ quite useful in a situation where my power was diminished.
Despite the resistance being far stronger compared to the first, I managed to grab hold of him.
I looked at the completely overwhelmed Knight and retrieved the hammer.
“How long are you gonna keep getting stronger?”
─Isn’t it familiar?
Boom!!!
“?!”
[?]
[What’s happening?]
[How many times do I have to kill him?]
[What the hell?]
[It’s an explosion!!]
[Huh?]
[What blew up?]
[????]
[An explosion?]
An explosion indeed.
A sound of something bursting echoed from the direction of the Demon Race’s domain, and with a huge flash, light erupted.
The pillar of light shone brightly enough to change the darkened sky, and soon the sky regained its perfect blue hue.
A dazzling radiance poured down, and before long, the sky had regained its perfect blue light.
The knight said…
“It’s gone.”
It wasn’t there.
The knight, who was supposed to resurrect once more, did not wake up again, and even the spire that granted infinite opportunities had vanished suddenly.
I blankly stared at the spot where the spire had been, then turned my gaze to a woman flying toward me with the light.
‘Uriel.’
She landed in front of me, wielding a hammer stained with purple blood, her wings of light glowing behind her.
Considering the wounds all over her body and the chaotic flow of holy power and magic, she must have had quite a rough time.
“Oops. Was I late?”
“No, Uriel was actually faster.”
“Hehe. Is that so?”
Uriel nodded with a tired smile.
[Did Uriel break this first?]
[OMG]
[Pretty strong]
[Why did it disappear?]
[???]
[It’s gone]
[What now?]
“I really thought I was going to die at the end. I mean, there was this demon boss that was as big as a hill? Even when I hit it with the hammer, it just got a bruise; it was as tough as a rock or something.”
“You did well.”
“Totally. I gathered my strength while getting hit! If I hadn’t been just a bit stronger, I would have died, you know? How about you, Lily?”
“Well, I just…”
I just played whack-a-mole until it was over.
As the number of resurrections piled up, I gradually got stronger, and I took the fight seriously this time, unlike the first.
But in the end, the situation wrapped up before I could reach a similar level.
‘Whether I can get that strong is still unknown though.’
When I told Uriel about the ‘knight’ and the ‘spire’ I faced, she responded with a puzzled expression.
“Huh? No way.”
“What?”
“The angels here aren’t that strong. They’re at best like me or just a bit stronger? There wasn’t anything like the spire that resurrects them.”
“Really?”
“Yup!”
[???]
[Then what the heck]
[Didn’t Uriel know? LOL]
[What was Lily up against, then?]
[Huh]
[I’m sure it was super tough though]
[Not a lie, right?]
[Wasn’t it Assistant Manager?]
“……”
It didn’t sound like a lie.
Given how she talks and her actions, she’s not the type to fib.
From her perspective, it probably seemed like there was nothing special at all.
Even if there was, she might not have shown it because she never intended to fight angels in the first place.
Suddenly, I recalled what I heard before the knight and the spire disappeared.
I recalled something I had said before.
“Isn’t it familiar?”
“Excuse me?”
“I mean the last ‘it’ before it disappeared. Isn’t it familiar?”
It wasn’t something I said out loud.
It came to me like a whisper, so faint that probably only I heard it.
‘Familiar… is that referring to that situation?’
It was true that I was somewhat used to not dying and resurrecting continuously.
The spire and the knight were new experiences for me, but the resurrection itself was quite familiar.
“…Hmm.”
“Isn’t it related to Lady Lily’s quest? That’s why I think it came to me.”
“Well, I’m not sure. There isn’t any change in the quest right now. What about Uriel?”
I casually asked Uriel, who gave me a thumbs up with a grin.
“I’m awake! I’m awake! Strangely, after Lady Lily came, the demons seemed to lose their power. I didn’t think I could finish it this quickly, but I guess it’s because of Lady Lily!”
“Oh. That’s a relief.”
“Anyway, thank you so much! I’ll definitely pay you back for this. Promise, promise.”
Uriel laughed heartily and spun around in circles.
Having someone so cheerful around seemed like it would be fun.
“Of course…”
But holding hands with the celestial race and embodying the holy aspect was a bit of a minus.
[LOL LOL LOL]
[Assistant Manager El]
[So excited!]
[If you’re going to help, do it now!]
[Have all the angels disappeared?]
[So what do we do now?]
“Indeed. All the angels have vanished.”
I had killed them all (though they didn’t truly go extinct), and the remaining celestial beings also vanished along with the spire, so there was nothing to do here right now.
As I was lost in thought, Uriel came up to me, cradling some jewels he had gathered from who-knows-where.
“I’m giving you half of this loot item. It’s a type of magical stone, and since it contains some holiness, it’s quite useful.”
“Where did you get this?”
“I found a lot of it in the castle. It’s stuck to the outer walls, and some are kept separately. I was planning to gather it eventually, but luckily it’s all empty now.”
Uriel chuckled while pointing at the buildings with holes everywhere.
It was already destroyed from the earlier battle, but thanks to Uriel, it was now at a nearly irrecoverable level.
[LOL LOL LOL]
[You have to gather what you can!]
[He knows his duties!]
[Do what needs to be done…]
[For real, lol]
I smashed the magical stones Uriel had handed me in one swift motion.
Uriel, startled by the sudden destruction of the gift, didn’t mean to throw it away.
The powers of the broken magical stones were reborn as refined energy using the holiness of destruction and healing.
I was reborn with refined power.
And then I gathered that power again and shaped it into a round form of magical stone.
“Holiness doesn’t really like this, so it’s easier to process it this way.”
“Oh! I thought I made a mistake and got scared. What a relief.”
“By the way, I think I need to cross to another world again.”
“Oh! There should be some kids over there.”
“So, speaking of…”
Just before leaving this place, I made several requests to Uriel.
It seems I won’t be able to leave here for a while, so it would be great if the Angel Guild could help out.
Uriel understood and disappeared with the light pillar.
Uriel said this place is somewhat like a training ground.
It’s not much different from what Gabriel said, but Uriel gave a more detailed explanation.
“We call it a training space for convenience, but what the angels want is a bit different. To be precise, they want to change it.”
“Change it?”
“The past that failed. After recreating that past as closely as possible, we go out and solve it. Well, I’m not sure how to say this is ‘solved’ either.”
Splash.
“Sometimes it’s a case where it looks like success, but they call it a failure. There have been a few cases of that with the kids too.”
“What kind of cases?”
“What did they say? They said the ‘balance’ is off? No, how do they even expect us to change a past that looks perfectly fine…”
The ruined fountain of the white celestial body.
I threw a piece of Juan Rosario into this mess caused by my fight with the knight.
Then, a faint Dimension Gate appeared beneath the water surface.
“Balance.”
Not all Celestials are like this, but the Celestials that emerged from this disaster place great importance on ‘balance.’
So does that mean the quest given to me must also maintain balance?
But I can’t follow their balance.
I don’t even want to…
“…I don’t like this.”
Because I’m already an unequal existence.
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